Buffalo News (New York), November 3, 2005, Thursday

Copyright 2005 The Buffalo News
Buffalo News (New York)

November 3, 2005 Thursday
FINAL EDITION

SECTION: BUSINESS; Pg. B9

HEADLINE: On the Record / Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005

BODY:
> Hires/Promotions/Honors
The board of directors of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, elected the following new members: Dr. David Dunn, vice president for Health Sciences, University at Buffalo; Edward Walsh Jr., chair of the board, Kaleida Health; James Kaskie, president and COO Kaleida Health; Donald Hess, chair of the board, Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute and Kenneth Wilson, chair of the board, Buffalo Hearing and Speech Center.
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The Bar Association of Erie County named Garry M. Graber chair of the Bylaws Committee, Jeffrey W. Stone chair of the Municipal and School Law Committee and Stephen L. Yonaty co-chair of the Admission to the Bar Committee. Graber, Stone and Yonaty are with the Buffalo law firm of Hodgson Russ.
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Cattaraugus County Bank appointed Heidi E. LaCroix loan operations manager. LaCroix is a business management graduate from Houghton College.
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Hogson Russ senior counsel William M. Murray was a featured speaker at the 51st annual fall conference of the Association of Law Libraries of Upstate New York.
> Company items
The Niagara International Transportation Technology Coalitions, a binational coalition of U.S. and Canadian transportation agencies, was honored with the Institute of Transportation Engineers NY Upstate Transportation Project of the Year Award for the development and implementation of the Regional Crossroads Advanced Traffic Management System. The Crossroads System operates regional intelligent transportation elements on the local highway system to provide real time traveler information in Western New York.
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Chase Information Systems, a Jamestown marketing and advertising agency, was awarded third place in the INM Impressario Project Contest 2005 for the Video CD-Rom project it created for the Weber Knapp Company, a Jamestown manufacturer.
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Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations honored New Era Cap Co. and the Communication Workers of America Local 14177 with the Champions at Work Award in recognition of leadership in sustainable cooperative progress in the workplace. The awards ceremony and reception will be conducted on November 14 at 4:30 p.m. at Michael's Banquet Hall in Hamburg.
> Contributing
Volunteers for Careers, is offering free job search assistance including resume writing assistance, job search strategy development and career transition advice for individuals whose jobs were lost as a result of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina victims can register to obtain free services at www.VolunteersForCareers.com or by calling (800) 513-7439. Beth Stefani, Orison Professional Services and Holly Reslink, Aurora Associates volunteer locally.
> Patents
Title: "Variable capacity condensing unit"
No.: 6,957,547
Inventors: Goodman, Henry C. (East Amherst, NY)
Assignee: Delphi Technologies Inc. (Troy, MI)
Date issued: Oct. 25, 2005